If i ever get home from working the desk job - it's going to be a long day.

...speaking of which. i chatted with my boss on wednesday, and we nailed down what my actual date of leaving will be. my last day, for real official, of working for someone other than myself, is January 22, 2010. Seeing that written on the calendar, it's amazing. anyone who's been reading my blabber since 2005 knows how frustrated i've been about art/deskjob/life. and to be honest, leaving wqa is going to be hard for me. but - to be free and support myself off of my art, finally? that's everything.

80% of the proceeds from these little pink birdies, as well as the other work by my fellow plush-teamers, goes to the Susan G. Komen Institute, an international fund dedicated to raising money for Breast Cancer Cure research.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

i try not to sale-blog you or re-blog you, but sometimes it's necessary for me to yell certain things into the world, so thanks for bearing with me.

today's bit of talk is this:

like most people, every January i make a little list of goals for the upcoming yearso in january of 2009 i made my little listone of the things at the tippy tap top of this list was:"be accepted to and exhibit in Plush You at the schmancy gallery in seattle"this was a little something i had always on the back burner of my brain, ever since i started making those first amigurumi back in 2007So, being one of the participants of Plush You '09, at Schmancy, is pretty freaking fantastic for me.

The show is still open, and if you're in the Schmancy area, you should stop by and see it and i will live vicariously though you! I would have gone but i was in an airplane at the time of the opening, exhausted and covered in mekong-river-sewer-water.

I'm really thrilled to be showing there, and for the show I really tried to make work that was on par with my excitement. These are the pieces on display, you may recall:

i also sent the fresh strawberry to keep them company

These are now available from Schmancy online, if you click HERE. I'm not sure if the octopus demon is still available, but both that piece and the woodnymph demon are being offered at a fat discount*, to celebrate this milestone in my strange plush career.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Friday, October 16, 2009

i worked pretty much right up to the very last second before the taxi came to get me last month, and so some of the stuff i was working on went flying out the door without taking great photos.. but oh well. i snapped a few shots of this before mailing it off